Freezing Spell

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In a private chat, a skill caught Su Mu's eye.

[Freezing Spell: Upon activation, freezes all enemies within a 5-meter radius for 2 seconds, dealing 30% of spell attack damage. It consumes 100 mana points and has a cooldown of 5 minutes.]

"A crowd control skill?" Su Mu's attention was immediately drawn to it.

From the description, this was undoubtedly a crowd control skill, and for Su Mu's current situation, the effects of such a control skill would undoubtedly be immense.

"How much?" Su Mu wasn't in a rush and waited for over a minute before sending a message.

"If you want to buy something, it's up to you to make an offer. If it's reasonable, I'll sell!" A quick response came from the other end.

"This guy is quite experienced!" Su Mu squinted his eyes upon seeing the message.

In the game, the buyer and the seller were essentially facing each other at a negotiation table. Whoever revealed their desired price first would lose the upper hand in the negotiation.

"10 gold coins, huh? Your skill has a short control duration, consumes mana, and has low damage. It's not practical!" Su Mu gave a very low price.

"10 gold coins? Are you kidding me, buddy? Someone has already offered me 50 gold coins. I thought it was too cheap and didn't sell it. Look carefully, this is a crowd control skill." Almost instantly, a reply came from the other end.

From the words, it was clear that the other person was getting anxious.

"I admire you, buddy. You're not selling it even for 50 gold coins? Who's the fool with too much money? Have you looked closely? This skill can only freeze monsters within a 5-meter radius around you. When they're already close, 3 seconds won't be enough for me to run away." Su Mu smiled and continued the conversation.

"Mages surely have a blinking skill at a high level, right? That way, you can combo with it, right?" the other person replied, "Freeze the monster, blink away. Isn't that the usual tactic for mages in online games?"

"Alright, you've already figured out the combo for me!" Su Mu chuckled, "How can you be so sure that mages definitely have a blinking skill? Even if they do, it must be quite expensive, right? Besides, do you know that mages nowadays allocate all their attribute points to intelligence? Is their mana enough?"

Su Mu's questions hit the mark.

Indeed, Freezing Spell was good, but at this stage, there wasn't a mage who would invest in such a control skill.

Firstly, the damage of this skill is indeed too low.

Secondly, the skill requires close range activation, and until mages have Blink, most of the control duration is spent on running away.

Buying this skill for 50 gold coins is not worth it; it would be better to invest in a powerful staff instead.

"No reply?" After waiting for a few minutes without receiving a message, Su Mu scratched his head.

Did his strategy of feigning disinterest backfire?

"Stay calm. If they can obtain this skill, it must drop from low-level monsters. I don't believe no one else will buy it later."

But upon further thought, Su Mu became less anxious.

Skills like this will only become cheaper in the future.

"Buying mage skill books, any skill, no scams." There was still no response from the other end. After the 10-minute cooldown for speaking ended, Su Mu continued shouting in the world channel.

"There are more and more people in the Level 4 monster area, and some are even leveling up in the Level 5 monster area. Haven't seen that Xu Shao; maybe they logged off to rest."

After passing through various leveling areas, Su Mu was surrounded only by monsters.

At this stage, when Su Mu reaches Level 10, the first wave of players will probably only be around Level 6 or approaching Level 7.

"At Level 10, I can activate that main quest. I wonder what will happen."

Su Mu looked at their main quest.

According to the description, the White Wolf King was undoubtedly the boss of the newbie village.

Usually, quests with this kind of storyline would require the collective effort of the newbie village to complete.

If Su Mu reaches Level 10 and directly starts the quest, they didn't know if the other players in the newbie village would be able to handle it.

"Doesn't matter. It's just the newbie village's big boss. Worst case scenario, I'll take it on alone!"

Heading towards the direction of the Boarman Camp, Su Mu felt no panic.

With the Radiance of the Archmage, they would definitely gain a significant increase in intelligence when reaching Level 10.

As long as their spell attack was high enough, what's the difference between the White Wolf King and the Boarman Chieftain?

Just as Su Mu was thinking this, a private message popped up.

"Fixed price, 40 gold coins. I'll directly list it on the auction house."

Upon seeing this message, Su Mu burst into laughter.

The other party is clearly in need of gold coins!

"It's too expensive. Do you know how much one gold coin is worth now? I can only offer 20 gold coins. This skill must drop from low-level monsters, right? Although the drop rate may not be high, with so many players in the Divine Path game, it will definitely continue to drop. Besides, this skill is not useful for me at the moment. I can wait."

Su Mu decisively sent a message.

...

In a certain newbie village.

"Siao Jie, that person is bargaining again. They said they can only offer twenty gold coins. What a cunning merchant!" A girl with twin ponytails, who looked around sixteen or seventeen years old, exclaimed in frustration.

"What about other buyers?"

The one called Siao Jie was a warrior girl with short hair and a heroic appearance, holding a long sword.

"I asked around, and the highest offer was also twenty gold coins. Should we just list it for twenty gold coins in the auction? Once we have the gold coins, we can repay our debts!"

The girl with twin ponytails clenched her hands tightly, sounding conflicted.

"Ah!"

Hearing this, Siao Jie sighed.

She was both lucky and unlucky.

Unluckily, before entering the Divine Path, she was born into a wealthy family. However, an unexpected turn of events not only caused her to lose everything, but also left her with a massive debt.

Perhaps due to her unfortunate circumstances, fate gave her a chance to take care of herself by dropping a skill book while she was hunting monsters.

That was her stroke of luck.

"How many Divine Path gold coins do I need to repay my debt?"

She opened a private chat and sent a message.

"Siao Siao, why are you being so polite to me? As long as you're with me, what debts do you need to repay?" The other end replied with a blatant message.

"Stop the nonsense and give me a number." Siao Jie furrowed her brows and coldly replied.

"Alright, Divine Path gold coins are quite valuable now. If we convert it, give me twenty-five gold coins, and we'll settle our accounts." This message made Siao Jie tighten her fist.

"Tell that person, twenty-five gold coins, and they pay the transaction fee. That's our final bottom line." She looked at the girl with twin ponytails.

"I understand!" The girl with twin ponytails nodded.

...

"Twenty-five gold coins, and I pay the transaction fee?"

The other party gave a price, and Su Mu calculated it.

Su Mu bought the skill for 27.8 gold coins. For many people, this would be considered a significant amount, but Su Mu didn't mind at all. Just killing monsters for a day would yield more than that in selling junk items.

"Thirty gold coins are my psychological price. This price is acceptable," he sent a message to the seller. "List it for auction!"

"It's already listed," came the reply shortly after.

Su Mu opened the auction house and, as expected, found the Frozen Spell listed for 27.8 gold coins.

"Snatched!" With a wave of his hand, Su Mu purchased it immediately.

"Thank you. Can we be friends? The more friends, the more paths we have," the seller sent another message after the successful transaction.

"Are you trying to befriend me because I'm rich and powerful?" Su Mu was a bit surprised by this message. But it made sense. Someone with his level of strength would naturally attract many people who wanted to be his friends.

Su Mu didn't reply and simply closed the private chat. Now that he had the skills, who had time to bother with such things?

"Two skills, fully upgraded!"